[LibWhacker]

I'm sure multiple risk factors are at play, but one possible way to reduce risk: Regular dental visits may help prevent pneumonia, study shows. Poor dental hygiene may also contribute to heart disease. So... See your dentist regularly, everyone!

[wardaddy]

That’s not really true

Poor dental health despite best efforts can be a sign of inflammation which can indicate a high risk of atherosclerosis as well rather than cavities “cause” heart disease

Plenty of people with rotten teeth and hearts like oxen on wheaties

Think Tibetans or Peruvians or Kenyan runners

Or old women with no teeth on the porch in rural America with snuff spittle on their chin

Not meaning to be argumentative

[hanamizu]

Poor dental hygiene may also contribute to heart disease.

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There appears to be a link between diseases of the mouth and the heart. My cousin, one of the roughest, toughest, meanest men alive, died the night after he had an infected tooth removed. Not saying one causes the other, just that there appears to be a link.

And to the broader question asked, yes it does seem that the mass importation of people from the third-world results in our getting to deal with diseases that have been under control here for many decades.